u/MuchWow81

I'll try to make this concise.

Estranged relative died, had will leaving everything to my minor children. Relative's lawyer is executor, a family friend had POA at end of life. A mere month or so before death, relative takes on a tenant in their house - tenant needed housing, elderly relative needed help around the house. This relationship was facilitated by POA. A contract to sell their house to the tenant at perhaps half of the fair market value was signed by the POA and dated to the day before death. Executor/attorney says he spoke to relative a few weeks before death, claims they were lucid and not under any influence during the conversation and this was their wish, to sell the house to this acquaintance, handing over 1-2 hundred thousand dollars in equity to her, taking it away from their grandchildren. Attorney says there is some document or amendment to the will to this effect but this was not submitted to the probate court and attorney is so far refusing to let me see it, nor will they give me a copy of the POA to see if she was even authorized to make the sale on relative's behalf. Probate judge doesn't seem to see a problem here.

What do I do? Do I have a case? I've been trying to get representation but getting bounced around and ignored. Not sure I'm explaining the situation well enough.

Rural new england. Found what looks like an expensive cat on the side of the road covered in ticks and emaciated. Some kind of siamese or similar, maybe even pure bred. I think its a neutered male but I havent poked around much because I don't know if he will tolerate that from a stranger. Adult, pretty large or he would be if his bones werent protruding everywhere. I brought him home, put him in my office with food, water and litter box. I have another indoor cat so all I had for flea and ticks was a 3-years expired dose of revolution plus. I put that on him, hopefully it helps until I can get something else. No vets open around here on the weekend.

As for the drinking and peeing, when I brought him home he ate almost immediately. Ate a bunch but didnt eat like you might expect with a starving animal, drank a bit, then slept. I hung out with him for a while and eventually he started poking around the room so I drew his attention to the litter box, he knew exactly what to do and he peed and peed and peed. It was an austin powers pee, seriously. He had obly been in my house a few hours at that point, its not like hed been holding it all day. This morning I checked on him and he was more alert and active and his water dish was empty. I filled it up and he drank and drank and drank.

Could there be something else wrong with him? Access to water is easy around here for most animals. There are streams and swamps everywhere and it rains often. I've also never seen a cat that was living outdoors around here so skinny. There are tons of rodents and birds, and cats that aren't accustomed to living outside dont usually survive long enough to get skinny. They get picked off by foxes, coyotes, and hawks.

Im kind of worried he was dumped because he is sick. Other than the problems Ive noted he seems fine. Even his coat looks good. Any advice?

Location: CT

Short version of the story: death of estranged family member. Estate willed to my minor children with the family member's lawyer as executor. Executor seems unconcerned by fiduciary duty, trying to sell house for cheap in a deal that may not be arms length. Someone accessing the house, possibly living there, during probate period. Sale arranged without ever being listed far below market value.

I have been told that the lawyer is able to sell the assets as he sees fit because the deceased left a will. I have also been told that I can't get a lawyer to represent us in probate court because the kids are under 18 and have to instead be provided a guardian ad litem. I asked the court about that. They are making *me* the GAL. So now I have to go to the hearing and try to explain the problems I see with the sale of the house against an actual lawyer.

I feel like I have fallen through a very tiny oddly-shaped crack and am going to be extruded out the other side by a lawyer who wants to take half of my kids' inheritance.

What do I do?